Why All The Fuss About Birth Defect Case

Why You Should Hire a Birth Defect Attorney

Learning your child has a birth defect can change the joy of being a parent into a frightening experience. Most birth defects require lifelong medical treatment, which could result in a staggering cost for the family.

A New York birth defect attorney can determine whether your child's condition was caused by medical negligence or dangerous chemicals or drugs.

Causes of Birth Defects

Contact a Long Island birth defect attorney promptly should your child suffer from a birth deformity that could have been prevented by an expert medical professional. A reputable attorney can handle the preceding steps quickly and efficiently, ensuring that you can grieve for your family member.

Birth defects can affect every part of the pregnant fetus. They can cause physical problems as well as intellectual and developmental disabilities like difficulty learning or communicating, or difficulties with activities such as walking or caring for oneself.

Some birth defects can be diagnosed before the baby is born by special tests, such as analysing the cells in a blood sample or examining samples of amniotic fluid or the placenta. Increasingly, doctors can also diagnose birth defects through ultrasound of the fetus or magnetic resonance imaging.

Some birth defects can be caused by genetic causes, such as abnormalities in the chromosomes and genes. These abnormalities can be inherited by the parents or caused through mutations that occur in the DNA of the fetus in conception. Trisomy 21, Spina Bifida, and Tay-Sachs are two of the most frequently encountered genetic birth defects. A variety of other genetic birth defects have no known cause.

Medical Malpractice

You may be able file a claim against the medical professional for malpractice in the event that you or your child was injured by a mistake made by a health care professional. This could be due to a failure to treat/diagnose, including doctors not taking your symptoms seriously, or making a false diagnosis and failing to initiate the correct treatment or failing to follow-up on the results of tests as well as medication mistakes (e.g. anesthesia errors like giving too much or the wrong medication) and surgical errors (e.g., a surgeon removing a retractor blade inside the patient during surgery).

Finding a lawyer with experience in malpractice cases may be a challenge. But, you can ask for recommendations from your family and friends and attorneys in other areas. In addition, you can contact your state bar association. Bar associations generally have search and referral tools to help you locate a qualified medical malpractice attorney.

Chemical Exposure

Sometimes birth defects result from exposure to hazardous chemicals that affect the mother or the fetus. Many of these chemicals are employed in workplaces where they are used to make items like plastics, paint, batteries and ceramic glazes. These chemicals can be ingested or inhaled or absorbed through the body's skin. Certain of these toxins have been proven to increase the likelihood of children developing a birth defect such as spina-bifida and other physical and psychological conditions.

These teratogen chemical agents can be found in drugs that are not prescribed by doctors, in chemicals employed in the workplace such as those used in semiconductor "clean room" environments or in toxic substances that pollute the air and water of communities. The Thornton Law Firm represents many parents whose children were born with serious birth defects after their mothers were exposed to pesticides, coal ash, and glycol ethers in the workplace.

Contact an experienced New York birth injury lawyer for a free consultation today should you suspect that the birth defect of your child was caused by medical negligence, toxic exposure or dangerous drug during pregnancy. These claims are highly dependent on time and there are strict time limits. An experienced attorney can assist you to determine whether your child is able to submit a claim and whether it is best to file it in court or via an agreement to settle.

Product Liability

Many birth defects are caused by an wrong prescription or exposure to chemicals. It is crucial for parents to contact a birth defect attorney immediately when they suspect that the child's condition is caused by medical negligence or dangerous medications. These cases are often complicated and time-sensitive.

Medical malpractice claims typically concern the underlying cause of a birth defect that is caused by environmental factors, like exposure to chemicals or environmental toxins as well as improperly prescribed medications or drugs or inadequate prenatal care. It is crucial for families to seek legal help immediately as the time limit for medical malpractice cases is only one year.

Birth defect lawsuits against medications are also brought in instances where the doctor acted negligently when prescribing medication to the mother, for example, not knowing the way in which a certain drug could interact with other medications that the mother might be taking or not adequately informing her of the potential side effects. A Maryland medication birth defect attorney can assist clients to recover damages when a doctor is negligent and causes birth injuries or birth defect.

A family with a baby with a severe birth defect could be required to pay for extensive surgical, medical, and therapy throughout the lifetime of the child. A birth defect lawyer who is well-informed and experienced can assist parents determine if the medical condition of their child is due to negligence at the hands of a doctor, a hazardous drug, or toxic exposure.